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Thanatos

9:10 AM
Galactic Mobile Base – Veni
Northern Hangar
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"Well, that's that." Said a young trainer wearing a dark blue overcoat. He was carrying two people on each of his shoulders, placing them near the exit. "They sure are heavy." He commented.

The Western Exit door opened, revealing a black and blue pokemon with spikes on the back of its hands.

"I have done the deed. Didst thou not hear a noise?" asked the Pokemon to its trainer. "Good reference, Lucario. I see you've been reading human books. The noise came from these two, in case you were wondering. And why read Shakespeare?" answered the trainer, while putting on his glove.

"I like them. I find them intriguing." Replied Lucario. "Whatever you say. So, what did you find?" He walked over to a stool, and moved it to a clearer space. "As you expected, there were two of the Three Lake Trios. Azelf was in a bigger cage, which looked like a permanent cage, where I placed the first package. Uxie, on the other hand, seemed to be locked in a portable cage." Reported Lucario to the trainer, who was still trying to fix the stool's position. "That makes sense. This is Mars' base, and she captured Azelf, and that explains the permanent cage. Uxie, on the other hand, was captured by Saturn, who was ordered to never leave the Pokemon alone, which explains the portable cage." Explained the trainer, who was still messing with the stool. "Mewtwo, are you ready to alter their memories?"

"Certainly." A cloaked Pokemon appeared in the scene.

"Make it seem like this mobile base were invaded by a swarm of wild grass Pokemon, an awful lot in numbers. They overwhelmed the guards, and casted sleep powder all over the place. As for these two, add this part. They were taken by surprise on the roof, tied up with vine whip, they were taken down here as hostages, and they were finally freed after the grass Pokemon got bored. Hmm... Reason for invasion: Pokemon Food in the storage. I'm sure you can work out the details." Said the trainer who chuckled for a bit. "After that, can you please finish my other request?"

"... I feel overworked." Stated Mewtwo while teleporting away.

"Why alter their memories?" asked Lucario, who closed in to the two unconscious people.

"If we took them down right now, 'he' will be very suspicious of this. Not only he will lose a mobile base, he will lose his two commanders. Our job was to place those packages on the cages. Now, you want to see my new move I've been working on?" He moved far away from the stool while taking off his glove. "This is why I've been training my left hand lately.

Lucario nodded.

"Alright, let's do this." He got into his fighting stance, getting ready to punch with his metal fist. Holes once again opened on his artificial arm, this time only two, on the back of his hand. It started releasing air to coat his arm with high pressure winds, and he started running. He jumped a short height, and brought his fist down in a tremendous speed, in a motion that seemed like he was going to crush the stool flat on the ground. However, he stopped just before he hit the stool, very suddenly, just centimetres away.

A second later, the stool broke down to small pieces like parmesan cheese.

"I call this one... Acer Ventus."

(Latin, translated lit. as 'Sharp Wind')


1:15 PM
Indigo Plateau
Grand Conference Reception Building

"Hi, I would like to register, please!" said a very young trainer wearing glasses.

"Alright, may I have your Pokedex please?" the receptionist replied with a bright smile.

"Sure thing!" He opened his bag and took out a Hoenn version Pokedex. The young boy then handed the device to the receptionist.

"Thank you. Right..." The receptionist inserted the Pokedex into a rectangular scanner, waiting for the data to be uploaded. "Max, from Petalburg city. Your nominator is Prof. Birch, correct?" the lady asked the young boy.

"Righty-o! It wasn't easy getting a recommendation from him, y'know?" answered Max, who had a very cocky look on his face. The lady smiled. "Well, it is the Grand Conference. It only happens once in five years, and every trainer that participates here have to be recommended by people who we have on the list we have sent to every Pokedex." Explained the young receptionist.

"That just proves I'm strong!" said the boy who was getting his confidence over the roof.

"Let's not be over-confident, now, Max." Commented an older man who had small eyes.

"I haven't lost for the past two months, Brock!" claimed Max. "That doesn't mean you're going to be undefeated here, Max. There's only strong trainers here, strong enough to be recommended by important figures in the Pokémon world." Said Brock, who was trying to calm the boy down.

"Brock's right, Max. Don't forget that I was nominated with my victory from the Kanto Grand Festival! And Dawn from the Johto Grand Festival!" commented the big sister of the young boy.

"That's right May!" Dawn added to May's statement.

"Well I got mine from being a Gym Leader in Cerulean City. And Brock, who suddenly just decided to join the competition, from being the Pewter City Gym leader. What's up with the sudden change, Brock?" an orange-haired girl stated, while finishing her registration.

"My parents said I have to join, no excuses, Misty." Brock answered Misty while crying anime tears.

"I'm surprised when I saw the list on our Pokedex, though." Dawn commented while opening her Sinnoh version Pokedex, checking the list again. "I know there's a lot of world renowned trainers, Professors and researchers, but some of them I've just never heard of. I mean, take this person for example." She said while pointing to a person's name and title on the list.

Brock came close to the Pokedex in an attempt to read the name. "... Dr. Raito? Never heard of him before."

"Exactly." Said Dawn, making her point.

"The people recommended by him are probably just a bunch of weaklings. We don't even know what this Raito guy does!" Max said while shrugging. "I bet nobody even wants to be nominated by him."

"Don't be so rude, Max. Although I have to agree on some parts." May commented on her brother's statement.


"This is the reception building, I think. This village has grown to a pretty big city. Wonder why they still call it a village?" a person wearing a dark blue overcoat stated while standing in front of the main doors. His Pikachu, who was sitting on his shoulders, was happily eating ketchup. "Easy on the ketchup. Your stomach will go bad." He tried to take the ketchup away, but his electrical Pokémon defended it fiercely. "Pika Pika!" the Pikachu shouted. "Alright, alright. Stuff yourself!" he chuckled while his Pikachu ate his ketchup. "Now, let's go in."

He went in the doors, and headed straight to an empty reception desk. He paid no attention to a group of familiar faces in his left.

"Are you going to use that name, Ash?" his Pikachu asked telepathically.

"Yeah." Ash answered.

"Hey there, I would like to register to the Grand Conference please." Said the trainer.

"Good afternoon sir. May I have your Pokedex please?" the receptionist asked Ash.

"Yes, here it is." He grabbed a red Pokedex from his pocket, and handed it to the young lady.

"Thank you, sir..." the lady placed the Pokedex in another one of the rectangular scanner, and the data was uploaded, revealing his registered name. "Sir.. Thanatos? That's one unique name, if I may say so, sir." Remarked the young receptionist at the trainer with the unusual name.

"That's quite alright, miss." Answered Ash, smiling, while removing his hair from his face to reveal his good facial features, which surprised the young lady and made her stare, forgetting her job. "Miss?" Ash asked, snapping her back to reality. "A, Ah! Sorry about that. Did you come from somewhere far, Mr. Thanatos? And you have a very cute Pikachu." the receptionist asked while starting to work on the registration again. "Not far enough, and thank you." He answered. "I see. Now, I only need your letter of nomination or recommendation." The lady stated. "Ah, sure." He took out a piece of paper from his pocket, and gave it to the receptionist. "Thank you. Now, let's see.. Your nominator is.. Dr. Raito, correct?" she asked.

"Correct."


"Did I just hear somebody being recommended by that Raito guy?" Max curiously asked after hearing the receptionist on his right. "Oh.. Wait! He's the guy with the flying Pikachu!" he shouted.

"Where?" Brock asked.

"There!" he pointed at a person wearing dark-coloured attire. "Oh, you're right. Let's go over and say hi. Maybe we can get some information about this Raito person." Brock walked over to the person with the Pikachu on his shoulders, and opened a conversation.

"Hello there. We met in Pallet town, we saw your Pikachu do that incredible summersault." He said to the person, opening the conversation. "Ah- Sorry about the trouble at that time." The person apologized and did a slight nod. "My Pikachu likes to play around, and my other Pokémon helped him made the big jump. They really have to be more careful." He explained. "Oh no, that's quite alright. He didn't cause us any trouble, right, guys?" Brock said, asking his friends.

"Oh yeah, definitely! Your Pikachu is incredibly cute, so it's okay!" Dawn answered, while looking at the Pikachu, who was hiding behind his trainer's head. "I wonder if it doesn't like me."

"Nah, he's just shy." The person answered.

"Anyways, I'm Brock. I'll be participating in the competition too, it seems." Brock extended his hand for a handshake. The trainer looked at his hand for a second, and returned the gesture, raising his right hand with a glove. They shook hands.

"My name is Max!"

"I'm Misty, this is May and Dawn." Misty introduced her friends.

"Very nice to meet you all. My name is Thanatos." Said Ash, who introduced himself as Thanatos. He had his face covered with his hair once again.

"What a weird na-" Max attempted to comment, but was cut off by her sister.

"Pardon my brother here, he's a little bit impolite." May tried to explain to their new acquaintance, who seemed undisturbed by the young boy.

"That's quite alright, Miss. I get that a lot." Stated Thanatos. He looked around for a second, and proceeded to ask a question. "Is the Sinnoh Champion with you today? I saw her in Pallet with your group."

"Oh, Cynthia? She registered early today, and stayed behind at the hotel with that guy from the Elite Four. Lucian, was it?" Dawn answered.

"Really? I see. I would have liked to get some training tips from her." After stating the lie, he got ready to leave. "I have to go now, I have an event to attend to. It was very nice meeting you all." He walked to the exit while waving his hand to gesture goodbye.

"Leaving already? Well alright. Have a good day, Thanatos." Brock said, while doing the same hand gesture, as did the rest of the group.


1:20 PM
Unknown Location

"Why do I still see those brats alive and well?" said a man with an intimidating voice. "I thought I specifically ordered Mars and Saturn to stop them, and even authorized the mobilization of the Mobile Base Veni." He stated with a frustrated look.

"Commanders Mars and Saturn are here, sir!" a grunt reported.

"Let them in." Ordered the man, flashing the 'G' imprint on his vest. "Mars and Saturn. Care to explain why I still see those brats, along with that champion, still walking around, and even got to register in the Grand Conference?" the blue-haired man asked,

"We.. Well, sir.." the red-haired girl started. "We were invaded."

The leader widened his eyes at this report. "The police? Special Forces? Damn it."

"Uh.. No, sir." The other commander answered.

"Then who?" shouted the leader.

"It was.. By a swarm of Grass Pokémon looking for food, sir. We were overwhelmed by their numbers! It wasn't countable!" the man tried to explain desperately.

"Are you serious?" Both of the Commanders nodded, along with some of the officers in the back who was victims of the invasion also. "Fine. I'll let you off the hook this time. You're going send your people to take out this kids again, you two useless people stay to guard your designated Pokémon. Should you fail again, I'll make sure to remove you in the same way like that cocky brat four years ago."


1:25 PM
Indigo Plateau
City Streets

"Curses." The young trainer cursed while walking down the street. "I forgot to ask what hotel they were staying at. I don't like Lucian being with her. I heard he likes to play around with girls, taking advantage of his Elite Four fame." "Jealous, Ash?" Pikachu asked. "Tsch, obviously." He answered honestly.

"By the way, I heard you came up with another lame Latin name for your new technique. What's up with that?" His yellow mouse asked. "I don't want to name it an English name, that would be even more pathetic. Imagine me saying that while doing my new technique. 'Sharp Wind!'" he said while doing a punching motion. "See?"

"I guess so." His Pikachu said with a shrug. "Now what?"

"We look for Cynthia."


"Lucian, where are we going?" the blonde-haired woman asked her fellow Pokémon trainer on their destination.

"You'll see, Cynthia. It's not every day that we get to go to Indigo Plateau." The elite four answered. He was pushing the champion, forcing her to go.

"Forget it, Lucian, I'm not going. I'm staying at the hotel." She turned back, rejecting Lucian's offer.

"Tsch, why do you make it so hard?" Lucian grabbed the Sinnoh champion by the wrist, trying to pull her to make her go. "You better not resist, people are starting to watch."


"I spy.. A blonde woman! But not the person we're looking for." Said the little electrical mouse telepathically while looking to the left.

"I spy.. A tall woman! But not the one we're looking for." Stated the creature, this time looking to the right.

"Are you looking for her seriously, Pikachu?" asked his trainer to his Pokémon who was on his head, trying to stop the Sinnoh champion.

"I am! Now. I spy.. Another blonde woman.. With weird hair clips.. Black coat.." described Pikachu while squinting.

"That's her! Let's go!" said his trainer who started running to the place where his Pikachu was looking at.

"Wait, Ash! She's with someone.. Purple hair.. Glasses.. And it seems he's pulling her, but she doesn't want to go with him!" explained the Pokémon.

Ash saw the scene, and took off his right glove. He quickly put his hand in his pocket to not reveal his metallic arm, leaving only a little part of the artificial arm out. This little section opened a hole which pulled in air.

Not long after, it released one line of sharp wind.


"Come on, just follow me!" Lucian said, still trying to pull the champion, now attracting a bigger crowd.

Swoosh!

Lucian felt a strong wind flew by, and then tried to get back to making Cynthia go with him. A second later, he felt his pants became loose.

"It feels a little bit breezy down there. Wonder If I forgot to close my zipper?" Thought the man, who then looked down to check. There, he found his pants on the ground, revealing his duck-patterned boxers.

People around them started to laugh, many took out their cell phones and started taking pictures of the rare candid picture of the famous Sinnoh Elite Four member. "No! Don't look!" he screamed, with a high pitched voice.

With everyone distracted with Lucian and his pants on the ground, Cynthia took this chance and got away from the scene, only to be grabbed by a person, and taken away on a ridiculously high jump.

"Well, hello there, princess." The person said.

She looked at him, and noticed a familiar figure.

"Ash?"

"Nope. I'm your prince in shining armour. Call me 'Sir Ash'." He said with a big grin on his face.


And that's chapter 4, hope you got a kick out of this one too.

People registering for the conference, and a little bit of development on the rayshipping.

As usual, please review.

Also, pants on the ground!